The bill specifies the standard of care that each animal shelter and pet animal rescue is required to provide each dog and cat held in its custody. The bill also requires each animal shelter and pet animal rescue to adopt out each dog and cat in its custody, return the animal to its owner, or transfer it to another animal shelter or pet animal rescue if the dog or cat: Exhibits no signs of illness or injury or exhibits signs of illness or injury for which there is a realistic prognosis for a good quality of life; Demonstrates a willingness to interact socially with humans; and Has not exhibited behavior that is likely to result in bodily injury or death to another animal or human being.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
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Upon the issuance of a protection order, the court shall: Require the person to state in court or complete an affidavit in court stating the number of firearms in the person's immediate possession or control and the location of all firearms in the person's immediate possession or control; Require the person to complete a firearm information form that states the number of firearms in the person's immediate possession or control or subject to the person's immediate possession or control, the type of each firearm, and the location of each firearm; and Transmit a copy of the protection order and the firearm information form to the sheriff of the county of the person's residence. The bill prohibits any full and truthful statements made to the court regarding the number of firearms in the person's immediate possession or control or subject to the person's immediate possession or control and the location of the firearms from being used against the person in any other civil or criminal proceedings. The bill excludes legal holidays and weekends from the current time frame a person has to relinquish a firearm. The bill allows a court to grant a person an additional 24 hours to relinquish a firearm if the person is unable to comply with the required time frame of relinquishment. Current law requires a person to either sell or transfer possession of the firearm, arrange for the storage of the firearm by a law enforcement agency, or sell or transfer the firearm to a private party who may legally possess the firearm. The bill requires a private party to complete a firearms acknowledgment form that informs the private party of the relevant state and federal laws, lists the consequences of noncompliance, and asks if the private party is able to legally possess a firearm. The bill prohibits the person from transferring the firearm to a private party living in the same residence as the person at the time of transfer. The bill requires the court to conduct a hearing to ensure the person has complied with the relinquishment requirements. Failure to appear at the hearing constitutes a violation of the protection order, and the court may issue a warrant for the person's arrest or a search warrant of the person's residence. The bill requires a person who does not possess a firearm at the time the order is issued to complete a declaration of nonpossession form in court. If the person possessed a firearm at the time of the qualifying incident giving rise to the duty to relinquish the firearm but sold or transferred the firearm to a private party prior to the issuance of the protection order, the person shall disclose the sale or transfer in court. The bill requires a federally licensed firearms dealer, law enforcement agency, or private party to issue a signed affidavit memorializing the sale or transfer of the firearm. The bill allows a law enforcement agency to enter into an agreement with any other law enforcement agency to assume the duties of the sheriff. If a law enforcement agency elects to store a firearm, the bill allows the law enforcement agency to seek a matching incentive fee from the department of public safety on an annual basis in an amount equal to the total amount charged by the agency for providing storage of a firearm. The matching fee must be used to maintain or increase firearm storage capacity. The bill requires a sheriff who elects to store a firearm to obtain a search warrant prior to testing or examining the firearm to facilitate any criminal investigation or prosecution. The bill prohibits a private party from returning a firearm to the person until the private party receives a written statement of the results of the background check conducted by the bureau authorizing the return of the firearm to the person. Current law requires a copy of the written receipt and the written statement of the background check to be filed with the court as proof of relinquishment. The bill requires the signed affidavit to be filed with the court instead of the receipt. Both the signed affidavit and written statement are only available for inspection by the court and the parties to the proceeding. A federally licensed firearms dealer, law enforcement agency, or private party that elects to store a firearm is not civilly liable for any resulting damages to the firearm, as long as such damage did not result from the willful and wrongful act or gross negligence of the person or agency storing the firearm. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The act reorganizes the "Dental Practice Act", which includes the laws governing the practices of dentistry and dental hygiene and other procedures, tasks, and activities related to those practices. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act permits an organization recognized and authorized by the United States veterans administration and the national personnel records center to determine whether any unclaimed cremated remains are of United States military veterans or qualified family members who are eligible for interment in a national cemetery or state veterans' cemetery. If such unclaimed cremated remains are identified, the facility in possession of the remains is required to transfer the remains to a national cemetery or state veterans' cemetery. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The bill creates the "Humane Pet Act", which: Establishes standards for the care and treatment of dogs and cats by dog breeders and cat breeders; Prohibits the sale of a dog or cat in a public place by any person; and Prohibits the sale of dogs and cats by pet stores. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The licensing program for community association managers (CAMs), who engage in the business of handling certain matters on behalf of the executive boards of common interest communities, was created in 2013 and sunsetted on July 1, 2018. Section 1 of the bill recreates and reenacts the CAM licensing program and the duties and responsibilities of the division of real estate and its director with regard to CAM licensing, as they existed on June 30, 2018, with amendments reflecting an extended sunset date of September 1, 2024, and the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies as contained in its 2017 sunset report as well as other changes. The changes made in accordance with the sunset report are: Allowing certain ministerial functions to be delegated to unlicensed persons while maintaining the license requirement for higher-level management functions such as the conduct of board meetings, handling of money, and negotiation of maintenance contracts. The director is authorized to adopt rules further clarifying these distinctions if necessary. Requiring the director to adopt rules defining the appropriate level of, and circumstances in which, supervision of an apprentice is required; eliminating the apprentice license; and specifying that a supervising manager is accountable for the actions of an apprentice;; and Removing the automatic acceptance of certain private credentials as qualifications for licensure and substituting a requirement that the director specify the acceptable credentials by rule. Additional changes include the creation of a 7-member advisory committee to make recommendations to the director of the division of real estate regarding changes to the rules, adoption of guidelines and processes for the handling of complaints, the private credentials that are acceptable as part of the licensure qualifications, and other matters on which the director seeks input. Section 3 duplicates and carries forward all of the preceding content as part of the recodification of title 12, Colorado Revised Statutes, by House Bill 19-1172.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) Read More
Paid family and medical leave - study - task force created - appropriation. The act creates a study of the implementation of a paid family and medical leave program in the state by: Requiring the department of labor and employment to contract with experts in the field of paid family and medical leave to report on the establishment of a paid family and medical leave program for employees in the state; Requiring the department to request information from third parties that may be willing to administer all or part of a paid family and medical leave program; Creating the family and medical leave implementation task force, which is responsible for recommending a plan to implement a paid family and medical leave program for the state; and Requiring an actuarial study of the final plan recommended by the task force. To implement the act, $165,487 is appropriated to the department of labor and employment and $17,004 is appropriated to the department of public health and environment. Both appropriations are from the general fund. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Procurement - construction bidding for public projects - apprenticeship utilization requirements - prevailing wage requirements. The general contractor for a public project that does not receive federal money, including an integrated project delivery contract, in the amount of $1 million or more, is required to submit, at the time the mechanical, electrical, or plumbing subcontractor is put under contract, documentation to the contracting agency that: Identifies the contractors or subcontractors that will be used for specified aspects of the public project; and Certifies that all firms identified participate in apprenticeship programs registered with the United states department of labor's employment and training administration or state apprenticeship councils recognized by the United States department of labor and have a proven record of graduating apprentices at specified rates. The contracting agency is required to make the documentation available to the public on its website. After evaluating submitted bids, a contracting agency may waive the apprenticeship utilization requirements if there is substantial evidence that there were no responsive, eligible subcontractors available to fulfil the mechanical, electrical, or plumbing portions of the contract. A contracting agency is required make public all waivers and the specific rationale for granting the waiver. An apprenticeship program that does not satisfy the specified apprenticeship program requirements may petition the department of labor and employment for conditional approval under specified circumstances. The apprenticeship utilization requirements do not apply to the department of transportation. Any contractor who is awarded a contract for a public project, including an integrated project delivery contract, by an agency of government for $500,000 or more, and any subcontractors working on the public project, are required to pay their employees a prevailing wage at weekly intervals and are required to comply with prevailing wage enforcement provisions. This requirement does not apply to contracts that include federal money and does not apply to the department of transportation; except that the department of transportation is required to pay employees performing work on public projects, regardless of the amount of funding source of the project, in accordance with the federal "Davis-Bacon Act". Before awarding a contract for a public project, an agency of government is required to obtain the general prevailing rate of the regular, holiday, and overtime wages paid and the general prevailing payments on behalf of employees to lawful welfare, pension, vacation, apprentice training, and education funds in the state (wages) for each employee needed to execute the contract for the public project. An agency of government is required to specify in the competitive solicitation for a public project and in the contract for such public project the general prevailing rate of the wages paid in the geographic locality for each employee needed to execute the contract. The contract is also required to include other specified information regarding the payment of wages. If the contractor or subcontractor fails to pay wages as are required by the contract, the contracting agency of government is not allowed to approve a warrant or demand for payment to the contractor until the contractor provides evidence that the wages have been paid. The executive director of the department of personnel is required to determine the applicable prevailing wage for public projects and is required to use appropriate wage determinations issued by the United States department of labor in accordance with the federal "Davis-Bacon Act" to establish the prevailing wage rates for the applicable trades or occupation for the geographic locality of the public project. Each contractor awarded a contract for a public project and each subcontractor who performs work on the public project is required to post in conspicuous places on the job site posters that contain the current prevailing rate of wages to execute the contract and the rights and remedies of any employee for nonpayment of any wages earned. The executive director of the department of personnel is required to provide the posters to contractors and subcontractors. The executive director of the department of personnel is required to establish a separate apprenticeship contribution rate under the prevailing wage requirements. Enforcement provisions, overseen by the department of labor and employment, are implemented for violations of the prevailing wage requirements. An employee or former employee of a contractor or subcontractor is allowed to bring a civil action for a violation of the prevailing wage requirements. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Home care agencies - department to request increase in federal reimbursement rate for certain services - minimum wage - wage pass-through requirement - training - appropriation. The act requires the department of health care policy and financing (department) to request from the federal government an increase of 8.1% in the reimbursement rate for certain services delivered to consumers through the home- and community-based services waivers. For the 2019-20 fiscal year, each home care agency (agency) shall pay 100% of the funding that results from the rate increase as compensation for employees who provide personal care services, homemaker services, and in-home support services (covered services) to consumers. For the 2020-21 fiscal year, each agency shall pay 85% of the funding that results from the rate increase as compensation for employees who provide covered services to consumers. Within 60 days after the request for an increase in the reimbursement rate is approved, each agency shall provide written notice to each nonadministrative employee who provides covered services of the compensation to which the employee is entitled. The act states that on and after July 1, 2020, the hourly minimum wage for persons who provide covered services for which an agency may receive reimbursement pursuant to the "Colorado Medical Assistance Act" is $12.41 per hour. Each agency shall track and report how it used any funding resulting from the rate increase using a reporting tool developed by the department. The department may recoup from an agency part or all of the funding resulting from the rate increase if the department determines that the agency: Did not use 100% of any funding resulting from the rate increase to increase compensation for nonadministrative employees for the 2019-20 fiscal year; Did not use 85% of the funding resulting from the rate increase to increase compensation for nonadministrative employees for the 2020-21 fiscal year; or Failed to track and report how it used any funds resulting from the increase in the reimbursement rate. The act requires the department and the department of public health and environment, in consultation with stakeholders, on or before January 1, 2020, to establish a process for reviewing and enforcing initial and ongoing training requirements for persons who provide covered services. The act appropriates $5,682,377 to the department to implement the act. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Registration - special license plates - professional fire fighters - appropriation. The act creates a Colorado professional fire fighters license plate. To be issued the plate, a qualified applicant must pay 2 one-time $25 fees and make a donation to a nonprofit organization selected by the department of revenue. To implement the act, $56,364 is appropriated to the department of revenue. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More